History

The Netherlands made its first Summer Olympic appearance in 1900. They missed the 1904 Olympics, but returned in 1908 and has competed ever since. The nation was the host of the 1928 Olympics held in Amsterdam. The Netherlands sends one of the largest teams with around 200 athletes competing since 1992. The athletes compete in most sports offered on the program.

The Netherlands has medaled at least once in all Summer Olympics it has competed in with the exception of 1956. In total the nation has won around 285 medals with the most successful sports being aquatics, cycling, rowing, equestrian, judo and sailing. The most successful summer athlete is swimmer Inge de Bruijn whom won eight medals (4 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze) during the 2000 and 2004 Olympics. The events where she won those medals were the women’s 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 100m butterfly and the 4x100m freestyle relay. In 2016 the Netherlands won 19 medals.

Qualified Quotas

Archery

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Individual	Sjef van den Berg
	Rick van der Ven
	Steve Wijler
Women’s Individual	Gabriela Bayardo
Men’s Team	Sjef van den Berg Rick van der Ven Steve Wijler
Mixed Team	Eligible to Compete

Athletics

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Marathon	Abdi Nageeye

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 100m	Dafne Schippers
	Marije van Hunenstijn
Women’s 200m	Dafne Schippers
Women’s 400m	Lisanne De Witte
Women’s 1500m	Sifan Hassan
Women’s 5000m	Sifan Hassan
Women’s 10000m	Sifan Hassan
	Susan Krumins
Women’s 100m Hurdles	Nadine Visser
Women’s 400m Hurdles	Femke Bol

Canoeing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s K1 Slalom	Lena Teunissen

Cycling

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Time Trial	Anna van der Breggen

Diving

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 3m Springboard	Inge Jansen
Women’s 10m Platform	Celine van Duijn

Equestrian

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Individual Dressage	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
Team Dressage	Madeleine Witte-Vrees Horse: Cennin Hans Peter Minderhoud Horse: Glock’s Dream Boy N.O.P. Emmelie Scholtens Horse: Apache Edward Gal Horse: Glock’s Zonik N.O.P.
Individual Jumping	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
Team Jumping	Frank Schuttert Horse: Chianti’s Champion Marc Houtzager Horse: Sterrehof’s Calimero Jur Vrieling Horse: VDL Glasgow v. Merelsnest N.O.P Harrie Smolders Horse: Don VHP Z N.O.P.

Field Hockey

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Tournament	Anne Veenendaal Sanne Koolen Malou Pheninckx Laurien Leurink Xan de Waard Marloes Keetels Kelly Jonker Maria Verschoor Lidewij Welten Caia van Maasakker Frederique Matla Ireen van den Assem Marijn Veen Laura Nunnink Lauren Stam Josine Koning Margot van Geffen Eva de Goede

Football

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Tournament	Sari van Veenendaal Desiree van Lunteren Stefanie van der Gragt Merel van Dongen Kika van Es Anouk Dekker Shanice van de Sanden Sherida Spitse Vivianne Miedema Danielle van de Donk Lieke Martens Victoria Pelova Renate Jansen Jackie Groenen Inessa Kaagman Lize Kop Ellen Jansen Danique Kerkdijk Jill Roord Dominique Bloodworth Lineth Beerensteyn Liza van der Most Loes Geurts

Gymnastics

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Artistic Individual Events	Bart Deurloo
Women’s Artistic Individual Events	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
Women’s Artistic Team All-Around	Eythora Thorsdottir Naomi Visser Tisha Volleman Lieke Wevers Sanne Wevers

Rowing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Single Sculls	Stef Broenink
Women’s Single Sculls	Laila Youssifou
Men’s Double Sculls	Amos Keijser Nicolas van Sprang
Women’s Double Sculls	Roos de Jong Lisa Scheenaard
Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls	Marieke Keijser Ilse Paulis
Men’s Coxless Four	Vincent van der Want Boudewijn Roell Jan van der Bij Nelson Ritsema
Women’s Coxless Four	Ellen Hogerwerf Karolien Florijn Ymkje Clevering Veronique Meester
Men’s Quadruple Sculls	Dirk Uittenbogaard Abe Wiersma Tone Wieten Koen Metsemakers
Women’s Quadruple Sculls	Olivia van Rooijen Inge Janseen Sophie Souwer Nicole Beukers
Men’s Coxed Eight	Mechiel Versluis Ruben Knab Maarten Hurkmans Bram Schwarz Jasper Tissen Simon van Dorp Bjorn van den Ende Robert Luecken Aranka Kops

Sailing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s RS:X	Dorian van Rijsselberghe
Women’s RS:X	Lilian de Geus	Lilian de Geus
Women’s Laser Radial	Marit Bouwmeester	Marit Bouwmeester
Men’s Finn	Pieter-Jan Postma	Nicholas Heiner
Women’s 470	Afrodite Zegers Lobke Berkhout
Women’s 49erFX	Annemiek Bekkering Annette Duetz

Swimming

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 50m Freestyle	Jesse Puts
Men’s 100m Freestyle	Kyle Stolk
Men’s 200m Freestyle	Maarten Brzoskowski
Men’s 100m Breaststroke	Arno Kamminga
Men’s 200m Breaststroke	Arno Kamminga
Men’s 400m Individual Medley	Arjan Knipping
Men’s 10km Open Water	Ferry Weertman

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 50m Freestyle	Ranomi Kromowidjojo
	Femke Hemmskerk
Women’s 100m Freestyle	Femke Hemmskerk
	Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Women’s 200m Freestyle	Femke Hemmskerk
Women’s 100m Backstroke	Kira Toussaint
Women’s 100m Breaststroke	Tes Schouten
Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay	Kim Busch Femke Heemskerk Kira Toussaint Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay	Kira Toussaint Tes Schouten Kim Busch Femke Heemskerk
Women’s 10km Open Water	Sharon van Rouwendaal

Mixed Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay	Kira Toussaint Arno Kamminga Mathys Goosen Femke Heemskerk